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Democracy's fourth wave?, digital media and the Arab Spring, Philip N. Howard and Muzammil M. Hussain

Label
Democracy's fourth wave?, digital media and the Arab Spring, Philip N. Howard and Muzammil M. Hussain
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Democracy's fourth wave?
Medium
electronic resource
Nature of contents
dictionaries
Oclc number
843881855
Responsibility statement
Philip N. Howard and Muzammil M. Hussain
Series statement
Oxford scholarship online.
Sub title
digital media and the Arab Spring
Summary
In 2011, the international community watched as citizens mobilized through the Internet and digital media to topple three of the world's most entrenched dictators: Ben Ali in Tunisia Mubarak in Egypt, and Qaddafi in Libya. This book examines not only the unexpected evolution of events during the Arab Spring but the longer history of desperate - and creative - digital activism through the Arab world
Target audience
specialized
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